I have roughly five minutes to type this, but had to share. David Williams, one of the leaders of the Republican party in Kentucky, went to speak to the University of Kentucky Law School -- at his request -- to argue that what's wrong with America is the 17th Amendment to the constitution.
The one that takes selection of Senators from state legislatures and gives it to voters. The people.
Here's the link.
Came back to add a clip from the piece:
Williams, a Burkesville attorney, told about 50 UK law students that most of the problems with the federal government stem from the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1913.
He contended it prevents state legislatures across the country from having input into the ever-growing role of the federal government with its various mandates, such as this year's health insurance overhaul.
Williams warned the students to "be mindful of the intervention of the tentacles of the federal government," which attaches requirements "to every dollar it sends to the states."
Williams is running for Governor. He's been in the legislature for ages, is part of a Whitley County cabal which tries (and often succeeds) to run things. Representative Hal Rogers is from the same neck of the woods.
That he would suddenly embrace the Tea Party is a little bizarre, as he's the definition of an organization Republican. That even Jim Bunning disagrees with him ought to say...something.
Kentucky politics is a little weird these days, all around.
But this one...oh, my.
The king of pork joins the Tea Party. Because this isn't just some loose cannon talking, this is a big swinging duck in Kentucky state politics.
I apologize for the brevity of my remarks, but, frankly, I am left without words to share.
We are in for a long season of discontent, in which -- apparently -- we are to continue to fight the decisions made by FDR 70-80 years ago, in which a minority view of American history is to be treated as if it has some kind of intellectual validity.
I fear for my country.